First Live Concert?

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

Don’t remember who it was 

 

but I recall a bag of weed cost more

 

 

 

oh wait 

it still does 

[Augie]

First ever live concert was a band called The Rolling Stones (you may have heard of them, kind of a big deal back then), in a little place called Rich Stadium in August of 1975. I was 15 years old. They had bedsheets hanging from the upper bowl with menus for what drugs they were selling in that particular location. I thought I had stepped through the looking glass…….

 

That was my first time seeing the Stones, and by far the best. There is always a special place for your first, and that goes for concerts too. 

 

I bet some of you were there too! 

 

 

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Edited November 18, 2021 by Augie

[Bad Things]

1 hour ago, The Poojer said:

Own it!  I bet in a weird way Lawrence Welk put on an entertaining show.  

Ha!  I still remember waiting after the show to meet some of the band members, so they could sign my program.

Too bad I didn't keep it.  It would be worth a FORTUNE by now!

[frostbitmic]

Jan 28th 1976

 

Nazareth opening for Deep Purple at the Rochester War Memorial

[T&C]

50 minutes ago, Bad Things said:

Ha!  I still remember waiting after the show to meet some of the orchestra members, so they could sign my program.

Too bad I didn't keep it.  It would be worth a FORTUNE by now!

Got you covered.

[Chef Jim]

Kiss and Brownsville Station and the Niagara Fall Convention Center April 14th 1976 the day after my 15th birthday.  We left the Batavia area around 10am and spent the day in the parking lot of the convention center smoking cigarettes and other things.  We listened to Kiss's sound check through the doors.  When the doors opened we rushed in and were about 5-10 feet from the stage.  Brownsville Station put on a great show.  Then between them and Kiss it began to get real crowded up front.  I mean REAL crowded.  It was scary as *****.  So we bailed and went to the bleachers.  We watched them pulling people from the in front of the stage during the whole show.  The tragedy in Houston recently reminded me of it.  We were driving home and we were lost.  I looked out the window and said "what's that?  That water??"  Yeah it was Lake Ontario.  

[Doc]

First professional band concert was The Kinks during their "Come Dancing" Tour.  Saw them at the Rochester War Memorial (looked it up, it was December 18th, 1984). 

[Buffalophil1948]

Journey with Brian Adam's opening at the Aud, late 70's?

[gobilz]

AC/DC 

1981 Hartford civic center 

 

Edited November 18, 2021 by gobilz

[Doc]

14 minutes ago, Buffalophil1948 said:

Journey with Brian Adam's opening at the Aud, late 70's?

 

Had to have been early 80's.  Journey wasn't big in the late 70s and Bryan Adams wasn't around yet.

[ExWNYer]

Styx...'Kilroy Was Here' tour.

 

July 1, 1983 at The Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA).

[snafu]

The Clash at UB, 1984. 
 

[Rico]

6 hours ago, Doc said:

First professional band concert was The Kinks during their "Come Dancing" Tour.  Saw them at the Rochester War Memorial (looked it up, it was December 18th, 1984). 

I was there, just moved to Syracuse for my 1st professional job with Carrier. Got a ticket the day of the show & went by myself. Tommy Shaw was the opener & after the 1st song, I decided I did not want to see Tommy Shaw, so I walked out looking for a bar. Saw the Continental & thought of the same-named great punk club in Buffalo where I saw bands like Lords of the New Church & Generation X, so I went inside & sat at the bar. After a minute, I realized that there were no women inside and guys were eyeballing me, WTF!?!, so I ran out & went back to the concert. Kinks were good, but after the Continental, I was not in a good mood. 

8 hours ago, Augie said:

First ever live concert was a band called The Rolling Stones (you may have heard of them, kind of a big deal back then), in a little place called Rich Stadium in August of 1975. I was 15 years old. They had bedsheets hanging from the upper bowl with menus for what drugs they were selling in that particular location. I thought I had stepped through the looking glass…….

 

That was my first time seeing the Stones, and by far the best. There is always a special place for your first, and that goes for concerts too. 

 

I bet some of you were there too! 

 

 

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Guilty. They played the Aud earlier that year, then later added Rich Stadium to close the tour on the East Coast. Both shows were great.

[muppy]

15 hours ago, Bad Things said:

October 1984 - Rush - Rochester War Memorial  (Grace Under Pressure Tour)

 

I should admit that my first "real" concert however was when my parents dragged me along with them to see the Lawrence Welk band play in Rochester one year when I was a little kid. Ha!

True anecdotal story..  Hubby as a young child was at Disneyland in anaheim ..back then they would have musical acts perform. So as he tells the story his dad took he and his sister and much to their consternation made them Sit because they WERE going to stay to hear who was performing...it was Duke Ellington. lol wow....go to disneyland and see duke ellington who'da thunk it?

 

he is glad dad was firm and made him see this performance of course the last thing he wanted to do was sit at disneyland right?

 

haha 

 

m

[Vark]

Yes, Dec 8th, 1974 Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY

[muppy]

4 hours ago, Rico said:

I was there, just moved to Syracuse for my 1st professional job with Carrier. Got a ticket the day of the show & went by myself. Tommy Shaw was the opener & after the 1st song, I decided I did not want to see Tommy Shaw, so I walked out looking for a bar. Saw the Continental & thought of the same-named great punk club in Buffalo where I saw bands like Lords of the New Church & Generation X, so I went inside & sat at the bar. After a minute, I realized that there were no women inside and guys were eyeballing me, WTF!?!, so I ran out & went back to the concert. Kinks were good, but after the Continental, I was not in a good mood. 

Guilty. They played the Aud earlier that year, then later added Rich Stadium to close the tour on the East Coast. Both shows were great.

@Augie roll call for the stones rich stadium show YEP I was there with a group of friends...went with one group went home with another wild times y'all...My buddy jimbob had a custom tuxedo Im talking like a polyester Rolling Stones promotional tour coat....yes it was a freakin tuxedo coat emblazed with the rolling stones logo ....LOL I thought it was freaking hideous and hilarious at the same time as I recall.......oh my gosh whata memory.

I was fortunate to have been able to attend several of those 4 band stadium shows .

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

13 minutes ago, Vark said:

Yes, Dec 8th, 1974 Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY

Who?

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No, not 'Who'.  'Yes'.

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What is this, 'Guess Who'? 🤨

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Not them either!  I told you 'Yes'.

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Credibility Gap did it much better. 😁

[WhoTom]

2 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Who?

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No, not 'Who'.  'Yes'.

*  

What is this, 'Guess Who'? 🤨

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Not them either!  I told you 'Yes'.

*
Credibility Gap did it much better. 😁

 

 

[ArdmoreRyno]

Poison, 1988 in Oklahoma City

Guns N' Roses, 1989 in Dallas 

 

(I was 13/14 and my parents just dropped me and a few of my friends off at them, if they only knew... lol) 

[The Poojer]

Ardmore PA? 

 

28 minutes ago, ArdmoreRyno said:

Poison, 1988 in Oklahoma City

Guns N' Roses, 1989 in Dallas 

 

(I was 13/14 and my parents just dropped me and a few of my friends off at them, if they only knew... lol)